1 Chronicles 23:6

Douay-Rheims Bible

And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

Hebrew Names Version
David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kehat, and Merari.

King James Version
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

English Standard Version
And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

New Century Version
David separated the Levites into three groups that were led by Levi's three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

New English Translation
David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Amplified Bible
And David organized them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

New American Standard Bible
David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

World English Bible
David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So Dauid deuided offices vnto them, to wit, to the sonnes of Leui, to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Legacy Standard Bible
And David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Berean Standard Bible
Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

Contemporary English Version
David then divided the Levites into three groups according to the clans of Levi's sons, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Complete Jewish Bible
David organized them into divisions named after the sons of Levi — Gershon, K'hat and M'rari.

Darby Translation
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Easy-to-Read Version
David separated the Levites into three groups. They were the tribes of Levi's three sons, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

George Lamsa Translation
And David appointed administrators and managers over the poor and needy, to provide and distribute to the poor; one person over each ten, and they lacked nothing. And David appointed them all in their courses according to the sons of Levi; namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Good News Translation
David divided the Levites into three groups, according to their clans: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Lexham English Bible
And David organized them in divisions according to the sons of Levi: to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Literal Translation
And David divided them into divisions of the sons of Levi, of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Dauid made the ordinaunce amonge the children of Leui, namely amoge Gerson, Kahath & Merari.

American Standard Version
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Bible in Basic English
And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so Dauid put an order among them deuiding them, in partes: Of the children of Leui, Gerson, Caath, and Merari.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

King James Version (1611)
And Dauid diuided them into courses among the sonnes of Leui, namely Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David divided them into daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gedson, Caath, and Merari.

English Revised Version
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Dauid departide hem bi the whilis of the sones of Leuy, that is, of Gerson, and of Caath, and Merary.

Update Bible Version
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Webster's Bible Translation
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, [namely], Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

New King James Version
Also David separated them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

New Living Translation
Then David divided the Levites into divisions named after the clans descended from the three sons of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

New Life Bible
David divided them into groups by the sons of Levi, Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

New Revised Standard
And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And David divided them into courses, - pertaining to the sons of Levi, to Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

Revised Standard Version
And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merar'i.

Young's Literal Translation
And David distributeth them into courses: Of the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

THE MESSAGE
David then divided the Levites into groupings named after the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Contextual Overview

¹ David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son king over Israel. ² And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and Levites. ³ And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upwards: and there were found of them thirty-eight thousand men. ⁴ Of these twenty-four thousand were chosen, and distributed unto the ministry of the house of the Lord: and six thousand were the overseers and judges. ⁵ Moreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers singing to the Lord with the instruments, which he had made to sing with. ⁶ And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari. ⁷ The sons of Gerson were Leedan and Semei. ⁸ The sons of Leedan: the chief Jahiel, and Zethan, and Joel, three. ⁹ The sons of Semei: Salomith, and Hosiel, and Aran, three: these were the heads of the families of Leedan. ¹⁰ And the sons of Semei were Leheth, and Ziza, and Jaus, and Baria: these were the sons of Semei, four.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

divided: 2 Chronicles 8:14, 2 Chronicles 29:25, 2 Chronicles 31:2, 2 Chronicles 35:10, Ezra 6:18

courses: Heb. divisions, 1 Chronicles 24:1, 1 Chronicles 26:1

Gershon: Gershon, גרשון [Strong's H1647], is called גרשם [Strong's H1648], Gershom, in the parallel passage, simply by the mutation of נ, noon, into מ, mem. 1 Chronicles 6:1, 1 Chronicles 6:16, Gershom, Exodus 6:16-24, Numbers 26:57, Numbers 26:58

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:43 - Gershom 1 Chronicles 23:21 - Merari

Cross-References

Genesis 13:2
And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver.

Genesis 14:14
Which when Abram had heard, to wit, that his brother Lot was taken, he numbered of the servants born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, well appointed: and pursued them to Dan.

Genesis 18:12
And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old, and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure?

Genesis 21:22
At the same time Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army, said to Abraham: God is with thee in all that thou dost.

Genesis 23:1
And Sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven years.

Genesis 23:2
And she died in the city of Arbee which is Hebron, in the land of Chanaan: and Abraham came to mourn and weep for her.

Genesis 23:4
I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead.

Genesis 23:5
The children of Heth answered, saying:

Genesis 24:18
And she answered: Drink, my lord. And quickly she let down the pitcher upon her arm, and gave him drink.

Genesis 24:35
And the Lord hath blessed my master wonderfully, and he is become great: and he hath given him sheep and oxen, silver and gold, men servants and women servants, camels and asses.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi,.... Into three classes, according to the number of them, which follow: namely,

Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; see Exodus 6:16.